Countryman DT85 Type 85 Direct Box

Countryman DT85 Type 85 Direct Box

Countryman DT85 Type 85 Direct Box

Countryman DT85 Type 85 Direct Box

DT85, The legendary Type 85 is hand-built for extreme performance, low noise, and low distortion.

SKU: CTY-DT85
MSRP: $258.65

Countryman Type 85
Direct Interface Box

How do you send the purest warmest and most natural signal out of a high-impedance instrument to a balanced mic input at the console? Countryman's Type 85 Direct Interface box.

Reflecting the ultimate engineering and highest-quality materials the Type 85 DI Box adds nothing and removes nothing from the instrument's signal. No distortion. No electronic hum or buzz. No loss of dynamic range. It's the only active direct box that delivers such a clear strong warm signal to the mixer.

What's more its design is sleek compact and virtually indestructible and its 9V battery back up to phantom power helps ensure it will never lose power onstage. Countryman's Type 85 is hands-down the most valuable and cost-effective direct box on the market!

Applications

  • Connects any high-impedance instrument (including piano) to an XLR mic input
  • Active direct box can run off internal 9V battery (~400 hours) if phantom power isn't available

Performance

  • Strong clean signal to the mix board with no added noise or distortion
  • Isolates ground buzz between console and amp

Style

  • Small compact sleek design
  • Almost invisible on stage

Durability

  • Nearly impossible to break
  • Internal components are fully protected against electrical damage
  • Input circuit withstands 220V AC all day long and static spikes up to 20000 volts!
  • Five-year warranty

Specifications:

Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+/- 1 dB)
Noise (shorted input): 0.63 uVrms (-122 dBVrms)
Distortion (1 Vpp in):

THD (1 kHz): < 0.018%

IMD (10 kHz/60 Hz, 4:1): < 0.08%

Power Options:

48 V Phantom (0.4 mA)

9 V Battery (400 hours on a typical alkaline)

Input Protection: 220 Vrms and 20,000 V static discharges
Voltage Gain:

Pickup mode: -10 dB

Speaker mode: -46 dB

RF Filtering:

Input: 250 kHz low-pass filter

Output: 30 kHz low-pass filter

Maximum Input Level (1% THD):

Pickup mode: 5 Vpp

Speaker mode: 300 Vpp

(Equal to 2,800 Watts into 4 Ohms)

Input Resistance:

Pickup mode: 10 MOhm (10 times the input impedance of a typical guitar amplifier)

Input Capacitance: 160 pF (equal to 2 ft of low-capacitance guitar cable)
Dimensions: 5" x 3" x 1.75" (127 mm x 77 mm x 45 mm)
Weight: 18.5 oz (0.52 kg)